Toy whistle.



S. F. KOHN'.

TOY WHISTLE.

APPUCATION FILED mm. 1911'.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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Specification of iietters latent P at-e uted 113.1. '19,

Application filed July 5,1917.- iSerial No. 178,648.

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, SIGMUND F KoHN, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York, in the county of Bronx and. .State of New York,have invented certain" new and useful Improvements in Toy Whistles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and especially to whistles and the objectof'the same is to provide a whistle of one piece of metal and havingmeans for producing several notes by certainnovel methods and at thesame time to operate moving parts which will excite the interest of thechild using the same.

These and other details and objects will be more fully described in thefollowing specification, set forth in the claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the whistle.

Fig. 2 is a modified form having a mouth piece.

'Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a short form of the whistle.

Fig. 4; is a sectional view through another modified form.

Fig. 5 is a modified form of the whistle shown in Fig. 1. I

Fig. 6 is a blank of metal used for a short whistle.

' Fig. 7 is a blank of a modified form of sho t whistle.

The whistle comprises a tube 10 and a barrel '11 at the end of the sameas shown in the various views of the drawing; the outer end of the tube10 terminates contiguous with a slot 12 in the barrel so that when ablast is blown down the tube and over the slot the sound is produced.

In the whistle shown in Fig. 1' the ends of the barrel are closed butperforations 13 are provided and by closing one or both of these holesvariations of the whistling sounds are produced. These holes are closedby the fingers of the operator as he holds the whistle and he is thusreadily able to produce a warbling eifect.

At the mouth end of the tube 10 a notch is cut on each side thereof toenable the operator to close the tube or partly close it,

tube, of a barrel at the end of the tube and with his tongue and furthervary the sound of the instrument.

In the form of the barrel shown in Figs.

2, 3 and 5 each end of thesame isopen and the operator may close or openthe" apertures at will-as he blows downthe' tube and producesthevariations or warbling as above described. In Fig. 5 to efiectfurther'varia tions the end 14. of the barrel is shorter than V theother end 15 so that the volume of air confined in the. barrel when thewhistle is is madefrom the folding of the part 18 upon .19 and clenchingthe sides.

In Fig. 2 the ends of the barrel 11 are reduced and shriller notesresult from the ends thereof, and the'tube 10 is rounded at its outerend and a wooden mouth piece 20 inserted. A ring 21 may also be attacheda to hang the device by..

.In. both Figs. 1 and 2 the end of the whistle is provided with a ring22 in which is pivoted a disk 23 slightly turned at its upper and lowersides to feel the effect of the blast and revolve when'the whistle isblown. These disks'may be ornamented with flags or pictures as isdesired or pictures may be arranged on reverse s des to result inoptical illusions when the disk is rotated. These rings may also carrybells 24 so that the whistle as a whole may prove an attrac-- tive tovfora child.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modified form in which a series of blades 25 arepivoted to rotate as the whistle is blown and a variation of the soundwill result according to the speed of the wheel and which depends uponthe force of the blast through the tube 10.

In the modified blank shown in Fig. 7 the barrel part 25 is locatedbetween the tube sections 26 and 27, the former being wide enough tooverlap the latter and the slot 28 is appropriately located.

It is obvious that the whistle may be further modified or the partsotherwise arranged without departing from the essen-- having a slotthereat and outlets at each end,'and a rotating member adapted to be Mactuated by the blast from the tube.

2. In a Whistle, the combination with a single piece of metal comprisinga tube and a barrel having a slot and openings at its ends, and arotating member adapted to be put in motion When the-Whistle is blown.

3. In a Whistle, the combination with a single piece of sheet metalhaving a slot and, notches and adapted to comprise an air tube and anopen ended barrel, and a rotating member in line With the air tube. V

4. In a Whistle, the combination with a tube having means for closingits inner end by the tongue of the operator and a slot, a barrel at theendof the tube and having openings at its ends, a ring on the barrel and15 a rotating member in the ring and adapted to Operate when the Whistleis blown.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 30th day of June, A. D. 1917.

SIGMUND F. KOHN.

Copies of, this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

